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And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons ; and
the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the
sons of Saul.
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and
he was wounded of the archers.
Then said Saul to his armor-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me
through therewith ; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.
But his armor-bearer would not ; for he was sore afraid. So Saul
took a sword, and fell upon it.
And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise
on the sword, and died.
So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.
And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they
fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their
cities, and fled : and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to
strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount
Gilboa.
And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his
armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to
carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.
And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his
head in the temple of Dagon.
And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done
to Saul,
they arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and
the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their
bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
¶ So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the
Lord, even against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and
also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it ;
and inquired not of the Lord : therefore he slew him, and turned
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